By Sparks Tribune COSTA MESA — Truckee resident Jay Wild has been selected as a member of the United States Standup Paddleboard Team in the upcoming World Championship in Miraflores, Peru, Feb. 20 through 25. This first of its kind event pits individual standup athletes together into a team event, much like the Davis Cup […]
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By USSA CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn of Vail fought gusting winds to finish second on the Olympia della Tofane downhill in Cortina today. Stacey Cook of Mammoth was sixth and Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley was ninth. Italian Deniella Marighetti captured the first victory of her career. Vonn now leads the Audi FIS […]
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By Kathryn Reed It took me more than seven years to finally open “McCoy’s Marines: Darkside to Baghdad”. Then it took me a week to read the 304-page hardcover (which is in paperback now). I couldn’t read this book by John Koopman when it came out in 2004 because I was inundated with news about […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Expect to see hundreds of touring motorcyclists on the South Shore in August. The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority on Jan. 12 authorized $15,000 for the inaugural Lake Tahoe Moto Adventure. The Tahoe-Douglas Visitors Authority is putting $5,000 toward the event. Mike Frye, who is the events guru for LTVA, said […]
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• Calstar landed at the top of Harveys on Jan. 10 to pick up a $21,400 check from the casino company so the air ambulance operator can buy night vision equipment. • Another point-of-view regarding SnowGlobe from someone who was there from out of town. • Las Vegas Review-Journal Publisher Bob Brown and Northern Nevada […]
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Publisher’s note: Nevada Department of Education is taking a survey about No Child Left Behind until Jan. 27. By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Nevada is joining with many other states in seeking a waiver from the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, a state panel was told this […]
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Douglas County School District is looking for input about how the four-day school week is working at Whittell High School. The Jan. 19 6pm meeting at the Zephyr Cove school will be facilitated by Steve Mulvenon, a consultant hired to lead the project. The 7-12 school went to four days a week starting in fall […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – People are cycling and walking on what’s commonly referred to as the Camp Rich bike trail. A red-tail hawk soars overhead. Fallen Leaf Lake is glassy, almost inviting to water ski on. An embankment at Taylor Creek along a user-created trail exposes tree roots. The bridge at the dam […]
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Bill Yale wins the daily Random Acts of Kindness prize for writing in about all the good deeds everyone does at Saint Theresa’s Backdoor Pantry. The Black Bear Inn is today’s business donating the prize. Bill will be receiving a cookbook from area bed and breakfasts as well as two coffee mugs from the Black […]
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Adam McGill, 39, has been hired as Truckee’s police chief. He will be sworn in Feb. 22 at 4pm. He was the police chief in Newman, a small town in the Central Valley. For the last 18 months, McGill has worked for the U.S. State Department in Iraq as a senior police adviser. McGill has […]
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